ATTORNEY'S FEES, CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, CONTRACTS, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION, INJURY AND TORT LAW

• Patel v. Del Taco, Inc.

CIVIL PROCEDURE, CONTRACTS, CORPORATION & ENTERPRISE LAW, INJURY AND TORT LAW

• Mattel, Inc. v. Bryant

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, JUVENILE LAW, SENTENCING

• Jonah R. v. Carmona

ATTORNEY'S FEES, CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, CONTRACTS, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION, INJURY AND TORT LAW

Patel v. Del Taco, Inc., No. 04-16208, 04-16604 (9th Cir. May 02, 2006)

In a dispute involving the alleged breach of a franchise agreement in the restaurant industry, an order granting defendant-franchisor's motion to remand a petition to confirm an arbitration award and awarding it attorney's fees is affirmed, and an appeal from an order staying plaintiffs' fraud and civil rights claims and compelling arbitration of those claims is dismissed.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0416208p.pdf

CIVIL PROCEDURE, CONTRACTS, CORPORATION & ENTERPRISE LAW, INJURY AND TORT LAW

Mattel, Inc. v. Bryant, No. 05-55696 (9th Cir. May 02, 2006)

An order denying plaintiff-former employer's motion to remand a tort and contract action to the state court in which it had begun its suit against defendant-former employee is affirmed where diversity jurisdiction was not defeated by the intervention, as a defendant, of a non-diverse corporation which was not an indispensable party.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0555696p.pdf

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, JUVENILE LAW, SENTENCING

Jonah R. v. Carmona, No. 05-16391 (9th Cir. May 02, 2006)

A juvenile whose status is adjudicated under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act (FJDA) must receive credit against his or her sentence for time spent in pre-sentence custody.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0516391p.pdf